Bible Cross References
Jerusalem
2 Chronicles 36:9
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for three months and ten days. He too sinned against the LORD.
2 Chronicles 36:10
When spring came, King Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin to Babylonia as a prisoner and carried off the treasures of the Temple. Then Nebuchadnezzar made Jehoiachin's uncle Zedekiah king of Judah and Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 24:1-5
1
The LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the Temple. (This was after King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia had taken away Jehoiakim's son, King Jehoiachin of Judah, as a prisoner from Jerusalem to Babylonia, together with the leaders of Judah, the craftworkers, and the skilled workers.)
2
The first basket contained good figs, those that ripen early; the other one contained bad figs, too bad to eat.
3
Then the LORD said to me, "Jeremiah, what do you see?" I answered, "Figs. The good ones are very good, and the bad ones are very bad, too bad to eat."
4
So the LORD said to me,
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"I, the LORD, the God of Israel, consider that the people who were taken away to Babylonia are like these good figs, and I will treat them with kindness.
Jeremiah 52:28
This is the record of the people that Nebuchadnezzar took away as prisoners: in his seventh year as king he carried away 3,023;
Ezekiel 1:1
On the fifth day of the fourth month of the thirtieth year, I, Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi, was living with the Jewish exiles by the Chebar River in Babylonia. The sky opened, and I saw a vision of God.
Ezekiel 1:2
(It was the fifth year since King Jehoiachin had been taken into exile.)
craftsmen
1 Samuel 23:19-22
19
Some people from Ziph went to Saul at Gibeah and said, "David is hiding out in our territory at Horesh on Mount Hachilah, in the southern part of the Judean wilderness.
20
We know, Your Majesty, how much you want to capture him; so come to our territory, and we will make sure that you catch him."
21
Saul answered, "May the LORD bless you for being so kind to me!
22
Go and make sure once more; find out for certain where he is and who has seen him there. I hear that he is very cunning.
the poorest sort
2 Kings 25:12
But he left in Judah some of the poorest people, who owned no property, and put them to work in the vineyards and fields.
Jeremiah 39:10
He left in the land of Judah some of the poorest people, who owned no property, and he gave them vineyards and fields.
Jeremiah 40:7
Some of the Judean officers and soldiers had not surrendered. They heard that the king of Babylonia had made Gedaliah governor of the land and had placed him in charge of all those who had not been taken away to Babylonia---the poorest people in the land.
Jeremiah 52:16
But he left in Judah some of the poorest people, who owned no property, and he put them to work in the vineyards and fields.
Ezekiel 17:14
to keep the nation from rising again and to make sure that the treaty would be kept.